article thumbnail

Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. They see a lot of young Brown Pelicans ; they see a lot of juvenile birds in general, all of whom tend to hug the coast on their first migration. KWWC also has a thriving feral chicken sideline.

Reptiles 199
article thumbnail

Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

PELECANIDAE (PELICANS). Pink-backed Pelican ( Pelecanus rufescens ); Mkuze GR, South Africa, 30 January. Rock Dove, or Feral Pigeon, ( Columba livia ); Johannesburg Airport, South Africa, 4 January. Cape Turtle Dove ( Streptopelia capicola ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 2 January. ANHINGIDAE (DARTERS). Scopidae (Hamerkops).

2015 175
article thumbnail

Lake Bindegolly National Park

10,000 Birds

Little Black Cormorants and Australian Pelican. The heat of the day encouraged the Australian Pelicans to rise up into the thermals and we understand that they spend time between the lake systems at Currawinya and Lake Bindegolly National Parks. Australian Pelicans soaring in the thermals. Turtle shell. Feral pigs.

Feral 145